Kay Stout Animal Rescue Consulting

Career

• Kay Stout Leadership Consulting
  Jan. 2002 – Present (19 years+)
  Edmond, Oklahoma
  Coaches professionals through career decisions and leads them through strategic processes to maximize their efforts and realize their career potential. Provides outplacement consulting for mid-to upper-management professionals.
• Executive Director
  PAAS Vinita
  Feb. 2014 – Dec. 2020 (6 years+)
  Vinita, Oklahoma
  Established “Rescue Hub ” in northeast Oklahoma, for shelter dogs from 15 municipal shelters. Dog and cat rescue shelter/transfer facility in northeastern Oklahoma. During Kay’s tenure, more than 6,000 dogs found their forever homes in Colorado. Major thanks to Dumb Friends League. The goal was a sustainable 90% live release rate for the municipal pound in Vinita, Oklahoma, and for rural partners shelters. Programs include low-cost spay/neuter clinics with more than 5,000 fixed in Dec. 2020.Programs included: Pet Overpopulation (POP), HSUS Pets for Life in Vinita and Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
  
• Video – Kay’s “Pets for Life” interview.

• Co-Host ICE (Ideas for a Challenging Economy)
  Host: Behind the Mike Show
  June 2009 – Feb. 2016 (6 years+)
  Kay and guests provided lively suggestions and provided career advice, feedback, suggestions.
• Executive Director
  Second Chance Animal Sanctuary
  May 2011 – Oct. 2013 (2 years+)
  Norman, Oklahoma
  Provided oversight management of staff and facility. Worked with local shelters, humane society and foundations to increase awareness of adoptable cats and dogs, educate the public on the value of spay/neuter and raise funds to provide ongoing support of operation. Established collaborative relationships with rescues, shelters and the media.
• Chairman, Speaker’s Bureau
  Oklahoma Prosperity Project
  Oct. 2010 – August 2011 (11 months)
  The Prosperity Project is a nonpartisan-election education service.
• Executive Adviser
  Oklahoma Professional Search
  Jan. 2002 – 2010 (8 years)
  Provided career coaching for individuals. identified key strengths and developed individualized marketing plans. Established effective networking connections and coached interview-and-negotiation preparation.

Serving Now

• Common Bonds
  Animal Welfare (Oklahoma)
  Executive Adviser
  Spay & Neuter
  Board Member
• Villages
  Human-Animal Support Services
  Senior Citizens
  Transportation Group

Volunteer
Work

• Board Member
  Civil Rights and Social Action
  YWCA, Oklahoma City, OK
  Jan. 1992 – Dec. 1996 (5 years)
• Neighborhood Chairman
  Girl Scouts of the USA
  Sept. 1980 – Oct. 1987 (7 years+)
• Board Member
  Human Rights
  Dale Rogers Training Center
  Sept. 1992 – Oct. 1996 (4 years+)
  Served during significant expansion of services and program expansion — important for financial stability.
• Neighborhood Chairman
  Girl Scouts of the USA
  Sept. 1980 – Oct. 1987 (7 years+)
  Built up the Girl Scout program in Clinton, Oklahoma. Started with three troops (30 members) and grew it to 16 troops in three rural Oklahoma communities (300+ members).
• Oklahoma State Committee of the Department of Defense Employer Support of the Guard and the Reserves
  June 1993 -1996 (3 years)
  The Civil Rights and Social Action Liaison for National Guard and Reservists and their employers.
• Rotary International, District 6110, Club # 2502
  Member
  Feb. 2015 – Present
• Vinita Rotary Club
  Member
  Sept. 2014 – Present
  Member of Vinita Rotary Club. Past President of Northwest Rotary Club, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
• Kay Stout has also served on the boards of the Oklahoma Manufacturing Association, Oklahoma City Public Schools and the Oklahoma State Chamber Prosperity Project.

Kay Stout Honored by SMEI

Kay Stout was presented with the Sales & Marketing Executives International, Inc. Ken Arbuckle Fellow Award in 2004 for her work as the liaison with the Oklahoma Governor’s Mansion staff for its annual awards dinner at the mansion.

Stout was presented with the award by Global Business Celebrity and Author Jeffrey Hayzlett, LinkedIn chair and CEO of the C-Suite Network and host of the C-Suite TV.

The Ken Arbuckle Fellow Award recognizes individuals who make significant contributions to SMEI.

The honor recognizes the dedication to promoting leadership and advancing educational opportunities among salespeople and marketers.

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